Afangi'tni.'] 211 



arborea, W\ght ; i5.-ddoiiK t. 21(5, is a tn-i- <>l ih.> foivsis of the 

 between 2,000 and 7, HDD IWl. Torricellia Jiliqfolia, DO.; ( Suable 45, is 

 a small tree of the Eastern Himalay 6,000 and 10,000 feet. Nyssa 



, Hook. f. and Th., is found in the Eastern Himalaya and Khasia Hills. 



Wood close-grained, apt to warp. Pores generally small or very 

 small. Medullary rays fine and numerous. 



1. ALANGIUM, Lam. 



Contains two species, one of which is here described. A. Sundanum, Miq. 

 Vern, Affnara, And., is an evergreen climbing shrub of the tropical forests of the 

 Andamans. 



1. A. Lamarckii, Thwaites; Beddome t. 215; Brandis 250. 

 A. hexapetaluw, lloxb. PI. Ind. ii. 502. A. decapetalum, Lam. ; Kurz i. 

 5 1 ;3. Vern. Akola, thaila. Hind. ; Akar-kanta, bag/i ankurd, Beng. ; 

 Alanffi, Tarn. ; Uryu, udagu, Tel. ; Ankola, Kan. ; Uru, Gondi. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree. Bark J inch thick, grey. Sapwood 

 li^ht yellow; heartwood brown, hard, close and even-grained. Pores 

 small, scanty, in radial lines between the fine, closely packed medullary 

 rays, which often bend outwards ; the transverse diameter of the pores 

 being slightly larger than the distance between the rays. 



Sub- Himalay an tract from the Gauges eastwards, Oudh, Bengal, Central and South 

 India. 



Growth moderately slow, 5 rings per inch of radius. Weight, according to Skinner, 

 No. 13, 49 Ibs. per cubic foot; our specimens give 49-56 Ibs. Skinner gives P = 875. 

 The wood is used for pestles, for oil-mills, wooden cattle-bells, and other purposes, 

 and is valuable for fuel. It coppices well. The fruit is eaten, and the bark used in 

 native medicine. 



Ibs. 

 C 3116. Chanda, Central Provinces ....... 56 



D 1082. North Arcot, Madras ........ 49 



2. MARLEA, Roxb. 



Besides the species here described, M. tomentosa, Endl. ; Kurz i. 545. Vern. 

 Gorapongse, Burm., is a large evergreen tree of the tropical forests of Martaban, said 

 by Kurz to have a pale brown, close-grained wood with a silvery lustre. 



1. M. begoniaefolia, Roxb. PI. Ind. ii. 261; Brandis 251; Kurz i. 

 544; Gamble 45. Vern. Garkum, budhal, lumbri, North- Western 

 Provinces ; Bodara, Beas ; Sidlu, Chenab ; Prot, Kashmir ; Tilpattra, 

 chitpattra y kurkui, Jhelura ; Tumri, Kumaun ; Timil, Nep. ; Palet, Lepcha ; 

 Tapuya, Burm. ; Mar lea, marliza, Sylhet. 



A small tree, with smooth, thin, grey bark. Wood white, soft, even- 

 grained. Annual rings marked by a belt of numerous pores. Pores 

 moderate-sized and large, small in the outer portion of each ring. 

 Medullary rays short, wavy, fine and moderately broad, prominent on 

 a radial section. 



Outer Himalaya from the Indus to Bhutan, ascending in the North-West to 

 6,000 feet, and in Sikkim to 9,000 feet; Khasia Hills, Eastern Bengal, Chittagong and 

 Martaban. 



Growth moderately fast, 5 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 42 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



